Brown v. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters

Decided April 18, 1980. Fallon Kelly wrote the opinion for the court.

293 N.W.2d 822 · Cited 106 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Caspersen v. Webber · 213 N.W.2d 327
• Continental Western Insurance v. Toal · 244 N.W.2d 121
• Lanoue v. Fireman's Fund American Insurance Co. · 278 N.W.2d 49
• Rent-A-Scooter, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance · 173 N.W.2d 9
• Iowa Kemper Insurance Co. v. Stone · 269 N.W.2d 885
• Morrison v. Swenson · 142 N.W.2d 640
• Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Sipple · 255 N.W.2d 373
• State v. Bott · 246 N.W.2d 48
• State Bank of New Prague v. American Surety Co. · 288 N.W. 7

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• Barr/Nelson, Inc. v. Tonto's, Inc. · 336 N.W.2d 46
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Wicka · 474 N.W.2d 324
• Economy Fire & Casualty Co. v. Iverson · 445 N.W.2d 824
• Gamble Skogmo, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 390 N.W.2d 343
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pitrolo · 342 S.E.2d 156
• Haarstad v. Graff · 517 N.W.2d 582
• Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. & Affiliates v. Miller · 589 N.W.2d 297
• Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Todd · 547 N.W.2d 696
• Milbank Insurance Co. v. B.L.G. · 484 N.W.2d 52
• Reinsurance Ass'n of Minnesota v. Timmer · 641 N.W.2d 302
• Houg v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 481 N.W.2d 393
• S.G. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. · 460 N.W.2d 639
• Westchester Fire Insurance v. Wallerich · 527 F. Supp. 2d 896
• Potomac Residence Club v. Western World Insurance · 711 A.2d 1228
• US Liability Ins. Co. v. JOHNSON & LINDBERG, PA · 617 F. Supp. 968
• Hughes v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County · 340 S.W.3d 352
• Garvis v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co. · 497 N.W.2d 254
• Woida v. North Star Mutual Insurance Co. · 306 N.W.2d 570
• Allstate Insurance v. Roelfs · 698 F. Supp. 815
• Thompson v. Estate of Petroff · 319 N.W.2d 400
• Franklin v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co. · 574 N.W.2d 405
• Remodeling Dimensions, Inc. v. Integrity Mutual Insurance Co. · 819 N.W.2d 602

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